Where does “longd” come from?
longd (Faroese) comes from Old Norse lengd, from Proto-Germanic langiþō, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.
longd (Faroese): length; lap; height
Ancestry of “longd”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | lengd | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | langiþō | longness, length |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | langaz | long |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dlongʰos | long |